Autonomous Car News

Level of Driving Automation11/30/2017 - Views: 937 Issued January 2014, SAE international’s J3016 provides a common taxonomy and definitions for automated driving in order to simplify communication and facilitate collaboration within technical and policy domains... more

Ford Is Panicking In Self-Driving Cars05/24/2017 - Views: 576 The recent CEO shuffle at Ford suggests it's getting serious about self-driving cars: On Monday, it promoted its head of "Smart Mobility," Jim Hackett, to the CEO role... more

Autonomous Cars Could Replace 6.2M Professional Drivers05/24/2017 - Views: 524 Autonomous cars could replace 6.2M professional drivers by 2030 but won't make rides cheaper
You might want to consider a generous tip the next time you get out of a taxi - your driver is going to be facing a tough few decades... more

Autonomous Cars To Hit German Roads05/12/2017 - Views: 426 Autonomous cars to hit German roads but safety's still on drivers
The new law is rather strict in terms of safety, which is sort of expected, being a German law and all... more

Driverless Pods Plot New Course To Overtake Humans04/25/2017 - Views: 377 In a little over two years, a fleet of driverless cars will make its way from Oxford to London, completing the entire journey from start to finish without human intervention, including on urban streets and motorways... more

GM Is Getting Serious About Autonomous Cars04/13/2017 - Views: 271 The main General Motors-related headline blasting around the Internet today is that it’s aiming to hire 1,100 people to work at a new research and development center in Silicon Valley to focus on the automaker’s self-driving car efforts... more

How California is trying to keep autonomous vehicle development on track04/10/2017 - Views: 261 After California’s Department of Motor Vehicles recently proposed new regulations governing the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles, many were left to wonder: Will this help retain the state’s status as a testing and deployment ground for the technology, and will it make California safer?
The answer is… yes and … maybe?
The new regulations would keep California in the game, principally by removing earlier roadblocks to deploying fully driverless vehicles — those that can operate without human-driver intervention... more